Whitefield or Whitfield Tileworks, Linton, Peeblesshire aka Macbiehill Tileworks.
Below – 15/05/1847 – The Scotsman – Tile prices at Macbiehill Tileworks. William Dargavel, overseer, Macbiehill by Noblehouse.
30/10/1847 – The Scotsman – Desirable farm, lime quarries, colliery, brick and tile works upon the estate of Mackiehill, Peebleshire … The brick and tile works at Whitfield with the field of clay adjacent thereto, will be let on a lease of 5 years from 01/02/1848. The kiln and sheds have been recently erected and are in the best possible order, and there is a house attached to the work. The offers must state a fixed minimum rent or a Lordship in the option of the proprietor … Coal will also be supplied from the Estate Colliery.
Below – 21/12/1850 – The Scotsman – Prices of tiles at the Macbiehill Tileworks – 1851. Two and a half per cent discount allowed on all accounts settled before 26th May 1851. Orders to be addressed to Mr Charles Lawson, Deepsykehead, West Linton.
1856 – 1858 – ScotlandsPlaces – Whitefield – A tileworks on the farm of Whitfield having good sheds for drying and kiln for burning. The tiles are generally used for the purpose of draining, The works are in the possession of the proprietor George Berresford, Magbiehill or Macbiehill or Mackiehill. Tenants? Mr Stoddart, Whitfield and David Moffat, Whitfield
Below – 1856 – Whitefield Tileworks, Whitefield, Linton
Below – 1856 – Cleaves Clay Pits. These are situated just to the SE of the Whitefield Tileworks. ( Note – SBH – I cannot find a separate reference to these clay pits in any research so perhaps they were an extension of the Whitefield Tileworks. I have recorded them here meantime to ensure this information is not missed).
30/04/1881 – Peebleshire Advertiser – West Linton. Population statistics … The census returns of 1881 show a very great decrease in the population of this parish. In 1851, the population of the parish was 1630, of which the village contributes 613. In 1861 the population of the parish was 1534 of which the village contributed 512. In 1871 the population of the parish was 1398, of which 494 were in the village, and in 1881 the population numbers 1114, of which the village gives 435. Thus it will be seen that during the last thirty years the parish has lost nearly one-third of its population. Thus result is due in some measure, no doubt, to the changes in the systems of farming, but as the most decided decrease is visible in the districts of Coalyburn, Whitfield, and Carlops it must be traced to the closing of the coal pits, tileworks, &e., and the generally reduced working of the lime quarries and freestone quarries on the Macbiehill and Newhall estates, or at least those portions of them lying within the parish of West Linton, where the proportionate number of ruinous and uninhabited houses is almost incredible.
Canmore (Note – SBH – I am unable to pinpoint it on the OS Maps – I will try again!) Below – 1856 – Canmore suggests Kittleyknowe Tileworks were at the location of the red cross. 11/05/1881 – Greenock Advertiser – Bankruptcy – John Finnie Allan, farmer, Cardrona Mains and Kittleyknowe, Peebleshire. (Were the tileworks…
Canmore Below – 1856 – Castleton Tileworks, Newcastleton.
Canmore Below – 1856 – Old Brick Kilns, Nether Falla, Eddleston. Near Scarcerig.
Lamberton Colliery Brickworks, Mordington, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. Below – 12/06/1846 – The going colliery at Lamberton for let … There is an extensive field of common clay of the best quality, on the surface and fire clay in the pit, which has been found equal to the finest ‘Stourbridge’ thereby affording every opportunity for carrying…
Found by Geoff Parkhouse at Rutherford near Kelso, former County of Roxburghshire. This brick is unmarked. The manufacturer is unknown. The find location would suggest Scottish origins but … No doubt there will have been a brick and tile works in the area during the 18th century but I just do not know where exactly….
04/10/1850 – Kelso Chronicle – Building clubs … it is proposed to build the cottages of brick which can now be obtained from the brickworks on the Cavers Estate and will also for a short time, be obtained nearer home from the works on the Estate of Stirches …
Canmore Below – 07/05/1847 – The erection of Larriston Tileworks. Below – 1858 – Larriston Tileworks, Larriston. (The works are not named on the 1896 map).
Cowdenknows Tileworks, Earlston aka Crossrigs – formerly in the County of Berwickshire. Canmore 10/01/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – Contractors wanted for making about 114 roods of a new road to the brick and tile work at Cowdenknows. Specifications will be seen in the hands of Mr White, Cowdenknows or with Mr Mitchell, surveyor, Melrose. 03/07/1846…
Oxnam Tileworks, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders aka Cringleburn Tileworks. Many thanks to Chris J Veitch, Jedburgh for his assistance in ascertaining the location of this tilework. 1841 – Census – Cringleburn Tileworks, now Oxnam Sawmill. David (25)and Margaret Sives (30). David – drain tile manufacturer. 1841 – Census – Huntill Cottages, Jedburgh. William (20) and Isabella…
Kames Tileworks, Leitholm, Scottish Borders aka Graden Hill Brick and Tile Works. 27/06/1845 – Kelso Chronicle – Marriages – At Gavinton, Berwickshire on 16th inst by the Rev Dr Brown, Free church, Mr Thomas Fisher, Kames Tileworks to Miss Mary Anne Spence eldest daughter of Mr John Spence, Gavinton. 23/11/1849 – Kelso Chronicle – Kames…
